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Background color of desktop icon labels
On desktop my other partitions have hard-disk icons with labels... like "sdb3 debian". This is correct. Where does this label come from. It is NOT right-click-properties. It is not from fstab. Where is this icon label encoded? I doubt that this is a debian patch. Debian is more of a gnome distro and I doubt they do

desktop icon labels
... Heavy water wrote: Patrick D. Rockwell wrote: When I right-click on my desktop, and select "Arrange Icons By" and then click on "Lock Web Items On Desktop", all of the labels below each of my desktop items are highlighted in blue, as one of them would be if I single left-clicked on ONE of the desktop items.

yes!!! Desktop Icon labels - outline fonts
Richard Kalfaian merd...@optonline.net microsoft public win98 performance When I start Windows, all my desktop icon labels appear as I expec them to until some stuartup program loads, at which point the labels turn black (my preferred beige background color turns black) and they...the labels...become unreadable.

Desktop icon labels background transparency...
"ast" wrote my desktop icon labels have suddenly developed a black shadow behind the font. is there a way to get rid of this? [Courtesy MVP Malke] Four things are required for transparent icon backgrounds: 1) System Properties>Advanced>Performance Settings>Visual Effects - check “use drop shadows for icon labels”.

Desktop Icon Labels
My problem in brief: I moved some fonts out of c:\Windows Fonts and now desktop icon labels and Win Explorer directory listings are in smaller type I quickly noticed on the Win 98 desktop that icon labels were in really tiny type, at least two points smaller than these tired old eyes are used to, I'm sure.

long labels on desktop icons
BC Reeves m...@nobodyhome.com alt windows98 Bob, It all depends on the desktop icon font, letters, font size and the number of characters in the icon labels (including spaces). My 17 inch monitor is set to 800 x 600 resolution. I am using the Tahoma (Western) font size 8. When my desktop labels are more than 27 or 28

desktop icon label background?
Under Performance and Maintenance/Adjust Visual Effects or if you're using the Classic Theme - System/Advanced/Performance/Settings "Use drop shadows for icon labels on the Desktop" - must be checked 2. Right-click the desktop, point to Arrange Icons By and make sure that Lock Web Items on Desktop is un-checked; 3.

desktop icon labels
Earlier I had changed my preferreed Desktop background color (white) to a light gray so I could read the icon labels. When I changed it back to white (the Color 1 button with Desktop selected), the text came up black with white backgrounds, what I want. It still seems that there should be a way to change the font

desktop icon label background?
Les Herrman lherrm...@comcast.net microsoft public windowsxp general On Sun, 25 May 2003 04:32:24 -0700, "John" <Johnba...@hotmail.com> wrote: Hi, i was wondering how to change the desktop label background colour? It clashes with my background image. Thanks Just make it transparent. Right click My Computer and

Desktop Icon labels
"Choppette" <jlapl...@sprynet.com> wrote in message news:1142275338.445919. 48...@i39g2000cwa.googlegroups.com... suddenly, the details (contents/path) of my desktop icons and folders are not displayed when i place the pointer on them. This seems to have arisen spontaneously, but i'm sure i did something screwy. i

Desktop Icon Labels
Open System Properties (Windows Key + Pause Break) > Advanced (tab) > click Settings under Performance > select the 'Visual Effects' tab and in the list of items, scroll down and uncheck 'User drop shadows for icon labels on the desktop' -- Andre Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com My Vista Quickstart Guide:

Desktop Icon Labels
mike micha...@lifeware.com microsoft public windowsme new-user So, when you put up wallpaper on your desktop, the icon labels still have the current desktop color as their background. Is there any way to get the wallpaper to "show through" the labels? Also, Is there any way to change the label text color/font?

desktop icon labels
Right click the desktop: Arrange Icons By > uncheck "Lock Web Items on Desktop" "Ben" <bernd_pal...@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:#5EYA068AHA.1840@tkmsftngp03... I have enabled drop shadows, but they appear as an ugly border on top of the wallpaper instead of being transparent. I guess it has to do with the

Desktop Icon Labels
(>< On Sat, 19 Aug 2006 22:52:28 -0600, "Wesley Vogel" <123WVogel...@comcast.net> wrote: This problem may also occur if you turn on the Lock Web Items on Desktop feature. See this... Desktop icons and icon labels may not display background transparency or the drop shadow effect in Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP

How to set the background of desktop icon label to transparent
question: how do I change the background color of the . labels of my desktop icons (Warp 4)? The default blue looks kind of . >bad on certain background pictures. This should be settable via: Desktop | Properties | View (The page I'm pointing to is called "View" in Warp 3 but I can't remember if it has the same

desktop icon labels
Murat murat_ger...@hotmail.com microsoft public windowsxp customize The icons and shortcuts on my desktop, never used to have a backround color under their writing. suddenly there is a blue backround on it. I tried to get rid of it and have it back to the transperent backround, but i am unable to do so.

Desktop-Icon-Label-Backround-Color
Sharon F sharonf...@ETEmvps.org microsoft public windowsxp configuration_manage On Fri, 24 Jun 2005 16:59:25 -0400, Bill wrote: Yes! Thanks Bert & Sharon, getting rid of the drop shadow did the trick and the labels are easily readable once more. Bill You're most welcome, Bill. -- Sharon F MS-MVP ~ Windows

Desktop-Icon-Label-Backround-Color
Hi Murat, Checkpoints to consider: 1) Right click on desktop >> arrange icons by >> uncheck "Lock Web items on desktop" 2) Right click on My Computer >> Properties >> Advanced tab >> Settings under 'Performance' >> check "Use drop shadows for icon labels on desktop". -- Regards, Anando Microsoft MVP- Windows

Background color of desktop icon labels
question: how do I change the background color of the labels of my desktop icons (Warp 4)? The default blue looks kind of bad on certain background pictures. Thanks, Oliver Simply done, you just need to know where to do it. Right click the mouse on the desktop, select "properties". On the notebook that comes up,

Where are KDE desktop icon labels stored?
Rachel Forbes pak...@asiaonline.net alt windows95 I want to make the description labels below my desktop icons transparent (so the wallpaper shows through). How can I do that? Thanks, Rachel.